I jumped in with Vernon today… Some of our cows had got mixed in with the neighbor’s… plus they needed salt, mineral, and dust. I know I’ve talked about giving cattle their salt and mineral before… but I may not have mentioned the dust. Think flea powder for your dog… but this is fly powder…
Category: Cattle
Yesterday
The girls rode today, so I was Head Babysitter. So… Here is *yesterday* in photos… Morning light… Resting already… Get her, Lucas! Lucas and Boomer getting them out of the creek… Change of dogs… Dally on duty… Old roses by the homestead… Thirsty horses… Tall grass…
Questions and Answers – July 2013 Edition
Karyn: Question for you: The profile picture of you and Elsa…she is terribly muddy. Do you have a story to go with that? Still miss her…. Oh, Karyn, I miss her too! <sniff> I put that up after she died, kind of my little tribute to her… The photo is from 2008. I’d had her…
Relatively
We gathered a pasture and trailed the cows and calves to my house. Sounds easy, and today… it relatively was! **** Last chance for questions! Ask away, and, hopefully, I’ll answer them tomorrow! (If I can stay awake… another saddle time at 5 am…)
Board Rooms Courtesy of Dodge
One of these days, I’ll work on that movie… totally forgot about it again… I didn’t take photos on Saturday of bleeding the heifers. We draw blood and send it off to have it pregnancy tested, a new and quick way of seeing how good we are at Artificial Insemination. Tess tried her hand at…
Recommendation
The plan was to gather the heifers. Even with the 5 am start, I agreed to ride… about a half an hour later, I wised up! The heifers have spent the past month grazing in a lower pasture. A pasture where tall grass grows. The same grass that causes me to wheeze, sneeze, cough, and…
Thick of Things
Ranch work continues around here… the break for the wedding was short but sweet! Yesterday we sold our steers on the Northern Livestock Video Auction over the internet. This is PAYDAY… and we were happy. Today we tagged the steers with their Angus Source Genetics eartag. We could do it at any time, but we…
All Day
Yesterday, the boys and I, and various neighbors, gathered our steers and their cows and calves out of the Badlands Pasture. You’ll remember a few weeks ago, we rode and gathered most of ours and the neighbors’ from the same pasture and brought them home. One neighbor, however, left his cattle out there. With everyone’s…
Write That Down
First, I missed this question from Belle the other day for Q&A… Belle – When you brand your cattle, where do you put your brand? Is it important what part of the calf – right leg, left leg? When you sell your cattle then does it get branded by the new owner? I know you…
Questions and Answers – June 2013 Edition
I’m suffering from hay fever… Moving slow and pitifully… so if I don’t answer your question well enough, ask again, maybe next time I’ll feel up to it more! Let’s get going! First of all, one of my frequent readers has started her own blog! She’s just getting it up and going, but go give…
Additional Branding Photos
Time to use up some more of those branding photos I like… Calves looking for momma. Warming up the branding irons. Waiting for the ropers… Watching from the sidelines… **** Last call for questions… answers up tomorrow!
Branding 2013
I’ve given you photos throughout the years… but nothing conveys the action of a branding like a movie. I held my camera next to the branding iron, so the perspective is a bit off… but I hope you find this interesting. **** Q&A time again… post your polite questions in the comment section… and I’ll…